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James Roth Lorance

Decatur

Funeral for James Roth Lorance, 78, of Decatur will be tonight, July 13, 2010, at 7 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Cecil Berry officiating. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Roselawn Cemetery.

Mr. Lorance, who died Monday, July 12, 2010, at River City Care and Rehabilitation, was born February 26, 1932, in Morgan County to Marvin Lorance and Annie Mae Berry Lorance. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr. Lorance owned and operated Lorance Refrigeration Business. He also retired from Meadow Gold following 25 years of service.

He is survived by his loving wife, Frances Sparkman Lorance; two daughters, Jennifer McKay and husband, James, of Decatur and Paula Drake and husband, Roger, of Chapel Hill, Tenn.; one brother, W.E. Lorance of Midwest City, Okla.; three sisters, Virginia Green of Decatur, Fran Bishop of Las Vegas, Nev., and Ann Entrekin of Florida; two grandchildren, Brandi Ford and husband, Jim, and Haley Ford and husband, Justin; and three great-grandchildren, Nora Ford, Ana Ford and Ethan Ford.

Pallbearers will be Charlie Heard, Brent Lindsey, George Wimberley, Mark Hill, Ellie Smith and Larry Pollock.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial donations be made to Alabama Baptist Children's Home, 1404 16th Avenue SE, Decatur, AL 35601.